I Build an Aircraft Carrier in the Ming Dynasty

Seeing this situation, Liu Gaoxun could only jump angrily, and then ordered to withdraw to the city.

When the Wu army successfully landed and occupied a base area, it would be meaningless for them to snipe on the shore. It would be better to return to the city and rely on the city wall to defend.

The city walls of Anqing are not particularly tall, only five or six meters, but they have a great advantage, that is, Wu Jun does not have any good siege equipment here.

Huge siege machines like building carts and rushing carts are not easy to transport by boat, and the artillery that weighs two or three kilograms is not easy to transport by boat.

There is no problem with the big boat, but now the big boat can't enter the ferry, and can't get close to the pier.

In a word, if the current Wu army wants to take Anqing quickly, they can only rely on those simple siege equipment, and then fill in the life under the city wall to carry out the ant-attached siege.

If you want to reduce casualties, you can only spend time cleaning up the sunken ships at the ferry, so the Qing army has played the purpose of delaying the Ming army.

The Qing army retreated to the city, and the vanguard troops of the Wu army landed one after another. The empty ship that put down the soldiers continued to return to the side of the big ship to pick up the soldiers ashore, and return to the other side to transport the main force.

Although the landing battle this time was short, the casualties were not small at all. The Wu army killed nearly 600 people, and the Qing army also left nearly 1,000 corpses.

In the battle loss ratio, Wu Jun has never suffered a loss.

And this is actually all about money.

The money for the Wu army to support one soldier is enough for the Qing army to support two.

In order to improve the strength of the army, Wu Changqing not only gave high army pay to the main force, but also usually had enough food and occasionally meat.

Relying on the temptation of such food, those soldiers could grit their teeth and endure those cruel training, otherwise some soldiers would have run away long ago, and there are always very few people who like to be abused.

It is because of high investment and strict military discipline that the training effect of Wu army soldiers is much better than that of Qing army, and the training method is extremely advanced, which is hundreds of years ahead of this era.

The combination of these factors led to the strength of Wu Jun.

Obviously at a disadvantage, but after a battle, they not only drove the Qing army away, but also killed a large number of the Qing army, and the results were brilliant.

These results are actually trivial, the most important thing is that their aura really frightened the Qing army, and no one was willing to fight an army that had no feelings and did not know fear.

The vanguard began to build a line of defense, and those small boats were still transporting troops.

And the navy ship has also begun to clean up the wreckage of the sunken ship. This ferry will still be used in the future. Sooner or later, it will be cleaned up. It is better to spend some time now.

Cleared the ferry, can still bring artillery.

They salvage and clean up the sunken ship, using the method of the ancients fishing for iron cattle in the Yellow River.

They don't know the principle of buoyancy, but they know what to do based on the wisdom accumulated over thousands of years. First, two large ships were filled with sediment, and then they came to the vicinity of the sunken ship. Let soldiers with good water go down and tie the sunken ship with ropes and iron ropes. Then, the sediment on the ship was poured into the river, and the sunken ship could be pulled up by buoyancy. , tow away.

Because the sunken ship just sank to the bottom of the river and did not sink into the mud, the salvage was easier than expected.

On the second day, several sunken ships were all salvaged and cleaned up, and Wu Jun's building ship also entered the ferry smoothly and brought the cannons over.

When those dozens of cannons appeared under the city of Anqing, Liu Gaoxun almost spit out old blood, how could he fight?

The strength of the two armies was huge, and the only thing they could rely on was the city wall.

Now that the red-clothed cannon appears, the role of the city wall will be greatly reduced.

"Sir, why don't we retreat, this city can't be defended. We only have more than 9,000 people, and Nanjing has tens of thousands of troops, and the city wall can't be defended as high as four or five feet."

Some generals suggested that compared to the tall city walls in Nanjing, the city walls in Anqing were on the same level as those of Guojia. Wu Jun even took Nanjing easily, how could Anqing hold this.

"Wait for a while and consume some of their ammunition. According to the spies, the production speed of Wu Jun's howitzer shells has been very slow. If they can consume some of their ammunition here, the decisive battle will be better in the future."

Liu Gaoxun said.

"My lord, there is an envoy from the opposite side, and it seems that he is here to persuade him to surrender."

While they were discussing, two people from Wu Jun came over on horseback, trying to persuade the defenders to surrender.

To be able to win the city without fighting, that's the coolest thing.

Although the Wu army attacked the city very powerfully, every time it attacked the city, there would be losses. Moreover, they defended the city better than the siege. Compared to attacking the city, they are more willing to defend the city.

However, the current fighting situation is that the Wu army is mainly attacking, and the Qing army will not take the initiative to attack their city.

"Is General Liu in the city? My general said, you can't keep this Anqing city. Why don't you surrender as soon as possible instead of dying in vain? If you surrender now, my general will ensure that you will still enjoy the glory and wealth in the future. Your soldiers can also be spared the disaster of war. General Liu, you are a Han Chinese, so why should you sacrifice your life for the Manchus..."

said the messenger.

"Hahaha, you are arrogant, just because you want to break through this Anqing, don't ask me if the ten thousand soldiers will answer."

Liu Gaoxun laughed and interrupted Wu Jun's envoy.

Hearing his words, many soldiers on the city wall were very embarrassed. If telling the truth has no consequences, they really want to say something and promise it themselves.

Wu Jun is too scary. Fighting against such an army is a nightmare.

It is better to surrender early and join the other side.

It's a pity that it's useless for the soldiers at the bottom to think about it. It is Liu Gaoxun who makes the decision.

"General Liu, I advise you not to be obsessed. Good birds choose wood to live in, can't you see the general trend of the world clearly? The Qing Dynasty is no longer enough, and it is meaningless for you to continue to be foolish and loyal."

"Shut up, shoot the arrow."

Liu Gaoxun no longer wanted to compete with the other party, because such scolding would not do him any good, and it would easily affect the military's morale.

Moreover, the other party also talked about his pain point.

Judging from the recent situation, they are really at a disadvantage in Qing Dynasty.

However, can this be judged that the Qing Dynasty is not good? Not many people can really judge this. After all, the Qing Dynasty's territory is much larger than that of the Ming Dynasty.

If the Ming army surrendered too early now, and the Ming army could not stop the Qing's attack in the future, then these generals who surrendered would definitely be liquidated in the future.

The Manchus were not as gentle as the Ming Dynasty when they dealt with generals who repeatedly surrendered.

Obsessed, stupid.

Wu Jun's envoy quickly backed away, cursing in his heart as he returned. If he did not succeed in persuading him to surrender, his mission would have been unfinished, and the reward would have been in vain.